Thomas M. Horan

How Judge Horan rules, drawn from 6 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Commissioned
2023-03-22
Education
Fordham University College at Lincoln Center (undergraduate degree); Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (master's degree); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
Signed orders read
6

How Judge Horan decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Cautions

A preliminary-injunction request failed where the asserted risk that another action might affect later estate litigation remained speculative.

“this concern is speculative and does not meet the Reilly standard of being ‘more likely than not.’”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Miller v. Prestige Patio Co. Ltd.
25-50875 · 2025-12-05
Motions to dismiss (Prestige Patio Co. Ltd.) Granted

“The motion to dismiss is granted, without prejudice.”

Request for leave to amend (Chapter 7 trustee) Denied

“The trustee’s request for leave to amend the complaint is denied, without prejudice.”

Jordan v. Beskrone
24-50178 · 2025-12-12
Motions to dismiss (Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, the Second Amended Complaint is dismissed.”

Vorel v. Salkovitz
25-52122 · 2026-03-17
Motions to dismiss (third-party defendants) Granted

“The third-party complaint is therefore dismissed without prejudice to the Salkovitzes’ ability to seek to amend the third-party complaint”

Miller v. Prestige Patio Co. Ltd.
25-50875 · 2026-04-29
Motion to amend complaint (Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“The motion is granted as set forth herein.”

Nimeroff v. Karr
26-50233 · 2026-06-30
Motion for temporary restraining order (Chapter 7 trustee) Denied

“The Trustee’s motion is denied.”

Preliminary injunction (Chapter 7 trustee) Denied
Corbin v. Hilco Merchant Resources, LLC
25-50003 · 2026-07-01
Motions to dismiss (Hilco Merchant Resources, LLC) Granted in part

“The Court grants in part and denies in part Hilco’s motion to dismiss the First Amended Class Action Complaint.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Three terminated sampled matters lasted from 276 to 630 days, with a median of 422 days. The sample is descriptive and is not a complete caseload census.

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